New York City Council is pressuring the Biden administration to fast track work permits for the 45,000 and counting migrants housed in taxpayer-funded facilities.
The roadmap includes several bills expected to be reviewed publicly in the coming days. Among them is legislation that aims to require the Adams administration to submit data on the implementation of its controversial policy clarifying when and how to involuntarily remove mentally ill people from public spaces.
The 15 members who left were ousted because they refused to sign onto a new “Statement of Principles” that includes a commitment to "reduce the size and scope of the NYPD.”